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Tingiringi Mt. (5,400 ft.) near Delegate. "Forms a Mallee 

 scrub, but sometimes single trees of 40 ft." (W. Bauerlen), 

 Usually small leaves; glaucous, very small young leaves. Some- 

 times glaucous mature foliage. Glaucous twigs, inflorescence and 

 fruits. Capsule sunk when not fully ripe. Points of valves 

 hardly protruding. Fruits in threes. 



Snowy Mts. (5,000 ft). Young leaves very large, perfoliate. 

 On mountain slopes and descending into gullies amidst scrub of 

 LeiUospermum. WoUondibby, Jindab3aie (both W. Bauerlen). 

 Cooma district (J.H.M.). 



Nimbo Station, head of Queanbeyan River. " Flooded or 

 Cabbage Gum " ; smooth-barked tree, with reddish-brown flakes 

 (H. Deane). 



There is no question that these forms show transit to var. 

 rubida. 



Top of Canoblas, Orange (R. H. Cambage). This is an intensely 

 glaucous form, the operculum larger in proportion to the calyx^ 

 the valves well exserted. It has the sharp Gunnii rims to the 

 buds. 



This connects typical Giuinii and var. ruhida excellently. It 

 has the fruit and other characters of rubida; on the other hand 

 it is unmistakably Gunnii and an additional instance of how 

 protean the species is. 



A. — var. acervida, Deane and Maiden. 



Typical E. Gunnii^ Hook, f., is from the cold mountainous 

 districts of Tasmania and is usually more or less glaucous. 

 Flowers in threes. 



Var. acervula is the common or low country form of the species^ 

 and, like the type, often grows in damp places. Flowers 4-8 

 usually. 



Following are details in regard to some of the synonyms. 



1. E. Pater soni, R.Br. herb. In Herb. Brit. Mus. and Kew 

 are specimens of var. acervida labelled in Robert Brown's 

 handwriting " Port Dalrymple (Tas.) gathered by Col. Paterson." 



